It is aimed at avoiding the cost of hospital care for patients whose conditions are worsened by the cold.
Doctors are prescribing heating to patients with conditions that get worse in the cold as part of a health trial.
"When the weather turns cold, I tend to seize up," she told the BBC. "It's very painful, my joins ache and my bones are like hot pokers." She welled up as she described being able to warm her kids pyjamas on radiators and have a good Christmas. "I was able to be a Mum," she added. "And my kids could be kids, not just carers."Academics estimate that cold homes cost NHS England £860m a year and that 10,000 people die every year due a cold home.
"If we buy the energy people need but can't afford, they can keep warm at home and stay out of hospital," he said. "That would target support to where it's needed, save money overall and take pressure off the health service."
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